Pontiac or Obwaandi'eyaag (c. 1714/20 – April 20, 1769) was an Odawa war chief known for his role in the war named for him, from 1763 to 1766 leading Native...

Pontiac most often refers to: Pontiac (Odawa leader) (c. 1714 to 1720 – 1769), a Native American war chief Pontiac (automobile), a brand of cars marketed...

fur trader Pontiac (ca. 1720–1769), chief. Leader of Pontiac's War against British and Americans Wawatam (fl. 1762 – 1764), chief "Odawa Ottawa First...

out of the region. The war is named after Odawa leader Pontiac, the most prominent of many indigenous leaders in the conflict. The war began in May 1763...

by GM, Pontiac came to represent affordable, practical transportation with an emphasis on performance. The division’s name stems from the Odawa chieftain...

ability of the Indigenous population to hunt. In response, Pontiac, war leader of the Odawa, organized a loose confederation of tribes in an attempt to...

Michilimackinac in June 1763 during Pontiac's Rebellion. Wawatam, the leader and patriarch of an extended family of Odawa, rescued Henry after he had initially...

This is a list of Native American leaders who participated in the American Indian Wars, which occurred throughout the early 17th century until the early...

United States. They include the Ojibwe (including Saulteaux and Oji-Cree), Odawa, Potawatomi, Mississaugas, Nipissing, and Algonquin peoples. The Anishinaabe...

Indian word meaning "peaceful waters" or "winter home". Pontiac – after Chief Pontiac of the Odawa. Quinnesec – Ojibwe word "bekweneseg" meaning "smoky"...

Chief Thomas Perryman, Creek leader in Georgia Peter Chartier, Pekowi chief Powhatan, Pamunkey chief Chief Pontiac, Odawa chief Red Cloud, Oglala Lakota...

and political leader of the Shawnee tribe, known as the Prophet or the Shawnee Prophet. He was a younger brother of Tecumseh, a leader of the Shawnee...

chief Pontiac of the Odawa, gained influence by adopting Neolin's ideas and organized a confederacy of tribes in the Great Lakes region. Pontiac and his...

met with representatives from the Iroquois, Shawnee, Lenape, Wyandot, and Odawa in 1775 at Fort Pitt, urging them to remain neutral in the growing conflict...

Pontiac and the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada. New York: Macmillan, 1885. Richard Middleton, "Pontiac: Local Warrior or Pan-Indian Leader?"...

employment (Gage's terms). On 7 May 1763, Pontiac's War broke out in the Ohio Country. Odawa leader Pontiac attempted to capture Fort Detroit by surprise...

Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country. Perhaps the preeminent American Indian leader in the Northwest Indian War, in which a pantribal confederacy fought several...

long-term alliance, called the Council of Three Fires, with the Ojibwe and Odawa (Ottawa). In the Council of Three Fires, the Potawatomi are considered the...

family. The Ojibwe are part of the Council of Three Fires (along with the Odawa and Potawatomi) and of the larger Anishinaabeg, which includes Algonquin...

prominent leader among the Detroit Ottawa, a prominent group in southeast Michigan and northwest Ohio. Egushawa is considered a successor to Chief Pontiac. As...

Illinois during the 19th century. Shabbona was born around 1775 of the Odawa (Ottawa) tribe either on the Maumee River in Ohio, in Ontario or in a Native...

rise against the British. In May 1763, under the leadership of the Odawa leader Pontiac, they launched a series of attacks on lightly garrisoned British...

the Ojibwa (called Chippewa in the United States) and the Odawa. The area was known to the Odawa as Michilimackinac, meaning "Big Turtle". For these people...

and Great Lakes region, commonly referred to as Pontiac's War after one of its most notable leaders, began in early 1763. From 1753, when the French...

Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada". Gutenberg. Parkman, Francis (1913) [1851]. The conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian...

mother's father was the Ojibwe chief Min-e-to-gob-o-way and his uncle was the Odawa chief Kob-e-ko-no-ka. In his old age, Okemos, being in poverty, went to...

family. Culturally and linguistically, they are closely related to the Odawa, Potawatomi, Ojibwe (including Oji-Cree), Mississaugas, and Nipissing, with...

are one of the peoples of the Council of Three Fires; the others are the Odawa and the Ojibwe, all Algonquian-language speakers. Listed by the United States...

Iroquois, Shawnees, Delawares (Lenapes), Wyandots, Three Fires (Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi), as well as a few Cherokees and Creeks. In the following...

series winner Other figures include war chiefs from the Indian wars: Pontiac (Odawa) Black Hawk (Sauk), Sitting Bull (Hunkpapa Lakota), Tecumseh (Shawnee)...